Full name: La Toya Yvonne Jackson
Stage name: La Toya
Date of birth: 29 May, 1956 

Biography
La Toya Yvonne Jackson is born on May the 29th, 1956 in Gary, Indiana. With seven pounds and twelve ounce she's the biggest Jackson-baby. When the Jackson Five become successful, La albums_toya spends lots of time with her mother and sisters, and the four of them keep the household running. For La   Toya it wasn’t easy growing up in the Jackson-family: many children pretended to be her "friends", just to try to get closer to the famous brothers. La  Toya and Janet have their professional debut in 1974 and soon there's an interest in Janet. Meanwhile Joe and Katherine Jackson keep thinking about a way to help La  Toya and Rebbie to start off an entertainment-career. The idea to form a girl-band with Janet, is swept aside.  Toy was determent to be the first Jackson-girl to record an album.  La Toya Jackson is released at the end of that year, 1980. The album seems not successful, but this doesn't discourage and she starts with the recordings for her second album, My special Love (1981). More albums follow in the 80’s and La   Toya makes promotional tours all over the world. In 1989, she and Marlon are the only two not singing in the “2300 Jackson Street” song. During her drudging for her own career Toya meets Jack Gordon. After awhile he becomes her manager, and La   Toya alienates more and more from her family. In 1989  Toy poses for Playboy. After Jack and  La Toya's marriage in 1989, she alienates even more from her family, leaving her family members to think that La Toya had ended up in a bad relationship with Jack calling the orders and pushing her to do things against her will. La Toya writes her autobiography, in response to Michael’s Moonwalker,  pretending to reveal the real truth about the Jackson family, claiming she was abused and all the children were daily beaten up by Joe and saying her parents tried to have her husband Jack killed.
Toyagoes on stiffly with her career, but the next four albums in the late 80’s and early 90’s seem not very successful. To promote her albums, La Toyavisits many countries and shows herself enthusiast to the fans. Meanwhile, the Jackson family is convinced that Jack brainwashed Toya. La Toya disappeared from the spotlight and only several years ago, we learned that La Toya was divorced from Jack Gordon, that she was back with her family, started a new life and found renewed happiness and peace. She founded Ja-Tail Enterprises, with divisions for movies and music.
In December of 2006, La Toyaparticipated in a CBS reality show titled Armed & Famous. The show put five celebrities through police training and onto the streets of Muncie, Indiana to patrol the streets and film the outcome. At this time La Toya released the single “I Don’t Plat That” which features backing vocals of her cousin Genevieve.
Following in Jermaine’s footstep, in 2009 Toya enters the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2009. She is involved in a lot of charity work since the death of her brother Michael, taking over campaign work and trying to achieve an AIDS free world. In July 2009 La Toya releases the song “Home” as a tribute to brother Michael. The song was originally recorded for her yet unreleased album Startin’ Over.
In 2010, La Toya makes a lot of visits to Europe and she is the faceoof Allessandro's "Dream Cream". Toy also works on her La Toya Jackson Luxurious Line that will deliver the Simply La Toya perfume in fall of 2011. In 2010 La Toya participates in The Celebrity Apprentice TV show and also develops her entrepeneur skills. The projects of Ja-Tail Enterprises keep her busy.

Discography

	La Toya Jackson (Polydor Records, 1980) If You Feel the Funk Save Your Love My Love Has Passed You By Are You Ready? Night Time Lover A Taste of You (Is a Taste of Love) Lovely is She If I Ain't Got It		My Special Love (Polydor Records, 1981) Stay the Night Fill You Up Love Song Giving You Up (Duet with Randy Jackson) I Don't Want You to Go Camp Kuchi Kaia Summertime With You Special Love
	Heart Don't Lie (CBS Records, 1984) Think Twice Heart Don't Lie Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin' Private Joy Hot Potato I Like Everything You're Goin' Frustration Without You		Imagination (CBS Records, 1986) He's a Pretender On a Night Like This How Do I Tell Them Imagination Baby Sister Weak Spot Love Talk Boys Got Something Girls Ain't Got
	La Toya (BMG Records, 1988) You're Gonna Get Rocked You Blew Such a Wicked Love Not Giving Up On Love If I Could Get to You (featuring John Pagano) Turn on the Radio Just Say No Does It Really Matter (Tell Me) She Means Nothing to You at All (Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do		Bad Girl (Teldec Records, 1989) Sexual Feeling You and Me He's My Brother Restless Heart Playboy You Can Count on Me Somewhere Bad Girl Be My Lover He's So Good to Me Do the Salsa Piano Man
	No Relations (Pump Records, 1991) Sexbox Wild Side Submission Reggae Nights Could This Be Love We're Making To Prove My Love Times Are Changing Playboy Let's Rock the House		Formidable (Pierjenn Productions, 1992) Les Doriss Girls Les Touristes Formidable Paris En Rose A Paris, Les Femmes Ressemblent A Des Fleurs Les Garçons Du Desert Le Marche Les Filles Aux Serpents Night Club Les Crocodiles Les Tapis Volants La Fontaine Lumineuse Allons A L'Opera Valses De Vienne French Cancan La Danse Nouvelle - Jeanne Avril Et Bruant Une Pensee Pour Maurice Un Clin D'ceil A Josephine Locomotion French Medley Grand Final Blanc Et Rouge - Formidable
	From Nashville To You: My Country Collection (Mar-Gor Records, 1994) Fanfare - Intro Burnin' Love So in Love With You Georgia Dreamin' I've Got to Be Bad Crazy Trash Like You Another Heart Dance Away These Blues Tonight Boots What You Don't Say (Duet with Lee Greenwood) Little Misunderstood One Strike You're Out Break a Leg		Stop In The Name Of Love (CMC Records, 1995) Stop in the Name of Love (The Remix) Baby Love Baby I Need Your Loving I Can't Help Myself Two Lovers Someday We'll Be Together My Guy Tracks of My Tears Love Child Stop in the Name of Love (Album Version) I'll Be There Tears of a Clown
	Startin' Over (Unreleased) (Ja-Tail Records, 2002) No More Drama Just Wanna Dance C'est La Vie Anger Management (Skit) Don't Want You No More Home Call Me That's Why I Love You Something About You Mafia Style (Skit) Should've Left You Free the World Player You're So Nasty Sorry Lies Tropical Breeze Free the World (Extended Dance Mix)		Starting Over EP (2011) Starting Over Should've Left You Free The World Mafia Style (skit) Just Wanna Dance Don't Want You No More No More Drama

 
Songs
Oops, Oh No! (Cerrone & La Toya Jackson)
Music of Life, 1986
Stop the Madness, 1985 (Anti-drug song)
Yes, I'm Ready (Jed & La TOya Jackson, 1984
Why Don't You Want My Love?, 1991
Oops, Oh No! 1991
Don't Break My Heart (duet with Tom Besser, 1988
I Don't Play That, 2007
Home, 2009

Backing vocals
P.Y.T. (Michael Jackson, Thriller, 1981)
We Are the World (USA For Africa, 1985)

Book

Growing up in the Jackson Family (Dutton Publishing, 1991) Autobiography

Starting Over (Simon & Schuster, 2011)